History Manga / SakuraTrick

* SchoolGirlSeries: a bit less traditional in that the GirlsLove is in main text.

Yuu Sonoda and Haruka Takayama were inseparable during junior high but a cruel twist of fate put them on opposite sides of the class when entering senior high[[note]]Many schools in Japan order seats in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gojuuon Gojuuon]] order. While "Takayama" is right after "Sonoda," this time Yuu was assigned to the back of a row, pushing Haruka to the front of the next.[[/note]] Forced to spend more time with their other classmates, Yuu and Haruka decide that they should do something special to keep their relationship special. They settle on kissing. [[OnceAnEpisode Lots and lots and lots of kissing]].

* GratuitousEnglish: In Episode 6, Class 1-A made a "horrible room" for the SchoolFestival.
* HairContrastDuo: Shizuku and Kotone.
* HarshWordImpact: After Yuu chased Haruka into the empty classroom, she made one by saying she should have noticed Haruka was a ClingyJealousGirl.
* HasTwoMommies[=/=]HomosexualReproduction: [[http://imgur.com/YKjdzAw Appears in Haruka's ImagineSpot in episode 6]].
* HeroicBSOD:
** Haruka had one in episode 1a, after seeing Yuu having ALadyOnEachArm.
** Mitsuki when she sees Haruka for the first time in episode 3a.
** Mitsuki again, upon seeing Haruka wearing her old scarf.

* OverprotectiveDad: Haruka's dad freaks out at the idea of her getting a boyfriend.

* {{UST}}: Yuu and Haruka, their makeout moments seem to never be enough. Its only a matter of time before they move beyond just kissing.

* BittersweetEnding: Both Haruka and Yuu confessed their love for each other, but they end up going to separate college. Bonus material from the authors personal social media shows they are still dating though, [[spoiler: and have even started to have sex.]]

* TriangRelations: Type 4, (A) Mitsuki is in love with (B) Haruka who is in a relationship with (C) Yuu

A {{Yonkoma}} manga serialized in ''Magazine/MangaTimeKirara Miracle!'' from 2011 to 2017, it had an anime adaptation by Creator/StudioDeen which aired in [[Winter2014Anime January of 2014]]. The anime is available for streaming on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/sakura-trick Crunchyroll]] and licensed by Creator/SentaiFilmworks.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Yes. Mostly with Haruka's self-declared D-cups, but all of the bustier girls bounce from time to time.

** In Episode 2B (or Chapter 4), Haruka's imagination of of a relationship with a held-back-a-year Yuu smacks of ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs'', with tie adjustments and stuff. The anime even put on appropriate music to fit.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: [[spoiler:The special chapters that take place with everyone in college show that Haruka and Yuu have a '''very''' active sex life.]]

* BittersweetEnding: Both Haruka and Yuu confessed their love for each other, but they went separate ways in college.

%%* CastFullOfGay: ''Manga/YuruYuri'' has straighter characters.

%%* CherryBlossoms: Present for the FirstKiss. Recurrent theme. After all, "sakura" means "cherry blossoms" and this anime is "''Sakura'' Trick".

* CreditsBrandProducts: A decent amount of the credits in the OP are written on blackboards, vending machines, and the like.

* CryCute: Several of the girls in episode 12, especially at the graduation party for Mitsuki and Rina.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Kaede shakes a soda can to give it to Yuzu, forgets it, opens the can and sprays herself.

* YuriGenre: Two-thirds of the main female cast are in a relationship, and numerous other female characters have crushes on girls. There's a [[UpToEleven whole lot of it]].

* TokenYuriGirls: Inverted with Yuzu and Kaede-- being the only characters without some romantic entanglement, they're the token not-yuri girls. Not that that stops [[YuriFan Haruka from shipping them]], though.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Yuzu and Kaede mostly fall under this, though they do get a bit of ShipTease. ''Everyone'' else, however, is further along.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Yuzu and Kaede mostly fall under this, though they do get a bit of ShipTease. ''Everyone'' else, however, is [[SchoolGirlLesbians further along]].

* SchoolGirlLesbians: There's no real doubt that Haruka and Yuu are lesbians. Mitsuki has a crush towards Haruka. Kotone and Shizuku are more ambiguous, but their relationship ''started'' with getting physical...

* ButtMonkey: Yuzu tends to be the butt of jokes.
* CastFullOfLesbian: ''Manga/YuruYuri'' has straighter characters.
* CastHerd: Everybody always shows up as couples.
* CherryBlossoms: Present for the FirstKiss. Recurrent theme. After all, "sakura" means "cherry blossoms" and this anime is "''Sakura'' Trick".

* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Chapter 28 has Haruka and Yuu spending the night at Haruka's, whose parents are in Hawaii, and ends with the two kissing underneath a blanket and mentioning how neither one can sleep. Helped is Yuu kissing Haruka's chest.

* ThemeTuneCameo:
** In episode 5's extra segment, Shuzuku hums the opening for a bit.
** Episode 8, from the dancing game that Yuu plays.
** Yuzu hums a snippet of the opening in episode 9, as she and some others walk to the park.